Hemant Bagul1* and Nikita Patel1,2
1Kishorbhai Institute of Agriculture Sciences and Research Centre, Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Gujarat, India
2C. G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Gujarat, India
*Corresponding Author: Hemant Bagul, Kishorbhai Institute of Agriculture Sciences and Research Centre, Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Gujarat, India.
Received: June 24, 2024; Published: July 29, 2024
Tropaeolum majus L., or garden nasturtium, is a member of the Tropaeolaceae family. Imported to Europe in the sixteenth century, it originated in South America. It's a plant with several therapeutic uses. Medicinal plants, like garden nasturtium, have bioactive chemicals and trace elements that the body may readily absorb. Microelements including potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium, as well as macro elements like zinc, copper, and iron, are abundant in the flowers and other sections of the nasturtium plant. The chemicals extracted from the flowers, leaves and essential oil exhibit antibacterial, antifungal, hypotensive, expectorant and anticancer activity. Hence, the present review is focussed on nutritional and functional potential of Nasturtim.
Keywords: Nasturtium; Flowers; Nutritional; Food Plant
Citation: Hemant Bagul and Nikita Patel. “The Nutritional and Functional Property of Unconventional Food Plant: Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L)".Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 8.8 (2024): 100-102.
Copyright: © 2024 Hemant Bagul and Nikita Patel. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.